Terming the hypothesis set forth by Dinkar Gupta DGP, Punjab through assumed arguments while speaking at The Indian Express Idea Exchange in Panchkula yesterday (February 21) as an atrocious assault on the dignity of the Sikh community as a whole former deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly Bir Davrinder Singh said: “it is thoroughly outrageous that the fake and imaginary antecedents of uncertain propositions were used by him with a definite design to construct a narrative to vilify the minority Sikh Community”.

The Supreme Court of India today granted bail to 34 persons convicted in a case related to 1984 Sikh Genocide. The convicts were sentenced to five years imprisonment for "rioting and arson" during the 1984 Sikh genocide in Delhi's Trilokpuri area. The conviction and sentence by trial court was upheld by Delhi High Court. It is notable that genocide is not recognized as a crime in Indian law.

Former Delhi MLA and Aam Aadmi Party leader S. Jarnail Singh has criticised Narendra Modi led BJP government in India saying that its ‘senseless and insensitive’ approach to open Kartarpur Sahib corridor, in response to Pakistan's positive intent is hurting Sikh sentiments across the world.

In an apparent damage control exercise the Chamoli district police posted a video on Facebook page titled Chamoli Police later this evening in which a police officer said that there was no official orders to the Uttrakhand police to remove the Sikh flags from vehicles of Sikh Yatris.

The Supreme Court of India today stated that it would set up a fresh three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into 186 cases related to November 1984 killings of the Sikhs in which investigations were closed.